Taylor Sheets, a junior at UAH, said greed plays a major role in the UA System's political structure.

"It's grossly overpaid for such positions," Sheets said. "It's outright uncivilized and just plain unfair to the people. You would think most of that money would go to up keeping the community more than the executives' own pockets especially when they have houses already paid for, company cars, gas cards, everything like that."

The UA System does provide a cost-free residence for each campus president and chancellor, plus a $1,000 monthly automobile allowance, as confirmed by Kellee Reinhart, UA System vice-chancellor for system relations, in Monday's report.

Kaitlyn McClung is a high school student participating in CollegeFirst, a summer advanced placement program held at UAH which prepares high school students for college-level courses in science and math.

McClung said the increasing tuition has her worried about her upcoming college years.

"It's unethical and unnecessary," McClung said. "I would understand if they had a new position in the office, but they're getting paid to do absolutely nothing. A lot of that money could go towards scholarships."

Matthew Aston, a junior at UAH, puts himself in the executives' shoes.

"If I put a lot of money into this college and gave my whole life for it, maybe I would expect something in return," Aston said. "But if they're taking huge kickbacks and then raising tuition, that's a little weird. But who am I to judge - I'm just going to school."